AN exciting new fixture in the competition calendar launched last Sunday, on the grounds of Castle Freke in Rosscarbery, West Cork.

Organised by south Munster dressage, the first annual Castle Freke Dressage Festival featured a new perpetual leading rider cup and €1,000 in prize money sponsored by Stephen Evans-Freke in memory of his late mother Lady Carberry, who was herself a dressage enthusiast.